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Yeah people get that one wrong all the time. They don't realize what a bad argument it is. I'm guessing they are ignorant of historical facts and are just repe
by amanaplanacanal 5mo ago
Yeah people get that one wrong all the time. They don't realize what a bad argument it is.
I'm guessing they are ignorant of historical facts and are just repeating what they heard from somebody else.
- Filligree 5mo agoPeople do get that wrong. But the corrected version is “you were supposed to die as a baby”, and… That doesn’t sound any better.
- jjulius 5mo ago>That doesn't sound any better. It doesn't, because "it was so common to", as OP stated, is not the same thing as "you were supposed to". There's no reason it should be corrected, it's accurate.